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W. D. ROY.

DECK of CARDS.

l APPLICATION FILED APR..19, 1919. y 1,355,782. ratend om.. 12,1920.

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yWIIQriiAivr DUDLEY ROY, or NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

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To @Miriam/t t may concern.'

Be it known that I. l/VTLLIAM DUDLEY ROY', a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid-` ing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have kinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Decklof Cards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descriptionof the invention,such as will en-V lablev othersskilled iii, the art to Whichv'it appertains to make andv use the same.

The'present invention relates to a deck of cards for playing a gamecalled Rescuef and it is the object of the invention to provide a deckof cards: providedwith a novel arrangement of military'insignia,representationsand value marks, including Rescue cards representing theRed Cross service,

ofcer cards'of different ranks and service,

and game cards of different numerical values and representing differentservices,

whereby the cards provide for the playingrr of an interesting andpatriotic game.

`lll/lith the foregoing and other objects in,

vieW, Which `Will be apparent as the invensides in the representation,on the cards of various branches of theservice and einmal rank, withother markings, as hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that slight changes or variations can be made Within the4scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the in fvention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein- YFigure 1 is a view of the Rescue cards:v

Fig. 2 is a view ofthe General cards;4 Fig. 3 is a view ofthe-Colonelcards.

Fig. 4 is a View' of the Major cards. y Fig. 5 is a view oftheOaptaincards; Fig.' 6L is a viewof the Lieutenant cards which serve ascombination officer and game cards.

Fig. 7 illustrates the game cards represent y ingfthe aviation service.

Y specificatio'nbf Lettersratent. pattedgct, 12, 1920,

Y Application med April is, i919.' `serial No. '291,2'2'ff` providedthereon thefpictures or represen# tations 2 of Red Cross nurses, withthe title Rescue as indicated at A3. -These cards are of supreme powerin playing .the game, and have no service distinction, being always inservice and taking other cards regardless of Whether or not they areinthe service called.

There are five sets of Officer cards representing official ranks ofdifferent grades from lieutenant to general. The General cards 4 ofwhich there are four cardsfbear the insignia 5 of a general includingthe stars which are'illustrated, andfsaid cards have the title Generalprinted or otherwise provided thereon. There are four of each of theOfficer cards, and the Colonel cards.

7 have the insignia 8 thereon of a colonel, including the eagle, andalso lbears the title of Colonel asat 9. The Majorcards 10 bear the leafinsignia11 of a major, and the title Major, as at 12, and the Cap- `taincards 13 bear the double barinsignia 14, of a c`aptain,'andthetitle'Oaptain as at 1:5.-While'the Lieutenant cardsV 16 bear thesingle bar insignia 17'of a lieutenant, with the title Lieutenant as at18. These,

Officer cards rankin 'valueraccording toy the military rank represented,the lieutenant being the lowest rank and 'the general the highest. l j pt There yare four services represented, .and

card-s haveprinted or lotherwise provided eachl set has the picture orrepresentation 2O of a cannon, standing for the artillery;

service nextlin rank to the aerial service, the aerial servicebeinggiven the highest rank.

' The third card of each set of Office`rcards has the picture orrepresentation 21 of acavalryman representing the cavalry service Whichis third in rank, While the Afourth card of each set has the picture orrepresentation 22 of 4an infantryman, representing the` infantry serviceWhich is of lowest rank.

of increasing military order and representative numerical value, andsaid cards also 85 one card of each of the five sets of Officerff'thereon'near certain corners the pictureor representation 19 of anaeroplane, represente ing the aerialservice, and anothercard of y Thus,lthe Officer cards bear inf signia and titles representing official'rank have representations forL the aviation, artil-'fl lery, cavalryand infantry services, in order that the Officer cards of each setgraduate' in valueA according to service, and the cards of the severalsets graduate in value according tooiiicial rank represented.

The Lieutenant cards 16 are combination Oiicer and game cards,theyvbeing.

provided in addition to the service representations, the numerals '10 asshown at 23, giving these'cards a numerical value in the gaine,` inaddition to the oiiicial rank.

' The gaine cards 24. 25,226 and?? oi. which Y there are four suits areVprovided respectively with the' pictures or representations of an.aeroplane 28, cannon 29, cavalryinen V30 and infantrymen 3l,representing the aviation,`v artillery, cavalry andfinfantry services,and each 'set of these cards have the numerals, as indicated .atv 32,running from 2 to 9. so that the game cards of each seta-re of different.numerical values.

-In 'playing this gaine. thel players `cut the cardsfor deal, 'thatplayer who cuts the highest dealer Adealsfeach player sixcards from thef left to the right. Beginning fromthe player of the other players.

Officer` cards and bids` threeA peints, y vcalls `for the aviationservice,v should the' VLnextplayer hold'two Oflicei vcards in the leftof the dealer each 'one willbid as many points as he thinks can beplayed from his hand, though not'fless than two points, nor

more than the actual number of points they hold in hand that he intendsVto call service on, although if a player does` get more than `the.number ofpoints he holds in his hand,

he is subject to being challengedby either .For example,y if a two andis awarded the bid and player holds aviation Vservice anda Rescue card,this Ethree Officer player has a right to challenge the bidder and vthebidder'is compelled to show his .service cards. Ifthe bidderv cannotshow he is set back vas many points as he bids `The challenger must beable to vshow three n cards in' the 'call service 'or he is set back ythe 'saine 'number of ypoints as the player players 'is termed the Callservice and whojcalls the service. 'Inevery case, theV player who lcallsthe service retains his' privilege to call service 'the highest biddercalling lthe fservi'ce. called by player who 'outbids the other the'call service'cards'outrar'ik the other "serv; ice cards. The "cardsinthe lcall service will take y"any v"card of other 'service regardless of'their rank.

m'The 'game is played inthe usual manner by yleading and following. andeach player must follow `servire lunless they haveV a Rescue card :andwish tol take the trick Y by Rescing it "and when playing a Res-'ciI`e-'c`ard,' it isfcorr'ifpulsory to use the words I Rescue andunless the player does, the

service card's'in power will outra-nk the Res any cardhe desires.

Officer card* dealing, and the cards vin the service he calls,

l*The service vthat is .Y

cue cards. If a player-has neither a'c'all service card or a Rescuecard,'he can'play anyone of the e Inscoiing, Oilicer cards counts onepoint each'or the player who catches` or holds same at the end of thegame, or when they are in the Vcall service.

the call service do not count.

Those not in the call service, and each gamel card when in forgame as Ythe call service lcounts as many The game consistsV the hand is playedout, if

The Lieutenant. cardy is a combination card hold-V the numerals thereonrepresent. Theplayer 'Y i having the greatest numerical 'count in gamecards in the call service is entitled to the four points for game. .Y

Other games'can also :be played with the deck as will suggest themselvesto the players. fr .Y l Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed as new is A deck of. cards for playing a game of Rescueincluding game, Oilicer` and" Rescue-ceards, the game cards havingservnons. cavalry. and inian'try distinguishing said. cards fromoneanother by different serv-A ices and the cards oit each servicehavingyvalue Vnumerals thereon graduated in yvalue,

lice illustrations 'thereon'of vvaeroplanes,vcan

the ll'licei cards'bearing-'the insignia oie l lieutenant, "captain,major, colonel and'general` there being Yfour Oiiicerlcards of-each Ygrade and same having service illustrations thereon corresponding to theO'licer cards which bear-the insignia of lieutenantalso havingwvaluenumerals the ygainnefcards Y to distinguish the Officer cards oteac'hgrade Vtrom one another by diiiereiit servicf-is.,

thereon of` greater value-thanthose of vthe game cards Vto be used las rcombination game and Oili'c'er cards', 'and thefRescuel cards iis havingillustrations thereon'of a' Red Cross nurse "and v'being ot'higher'value fthanjthe gaine and UfficercardstoRescuevfany of the other'cardsduring` the playiiigwo-ath'egame as described.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specic'ati'on in thevpresi-nice of two subscribing witnesses. Y' f 'Witnesses:

vDocu; NoiLriN; PERKINS BAXTER.

wiLLiAMQDiiDLEYlRoY.

